John Deere first with crane tip control on forest machines

A true world first is en route to the forests south of Jönköping, Sweden. John Deere is presenting the world’s first forwarder with crane tip control at Elmia Wood 5-8 June 2013. The high-tech Intelligent Boom Control (IBC) system with Crane Tip Control is a major breakthrough on the market and is expected to attract huge interest and attention.“People have been talking about this for a very long time and a lot of research has been done into crane tip control,” explains Anders Strömgren, head of the Swedish sales company John Deere Forestry AB. A very long time is actually almost 30